Parent visas for permanent residency
FJ Practice has over 10 years of experience processing Parents Visas bringing your most love ones to Australia on a permanent basis. You might find that the short visits and temporary visas don’t suit you or your parents’ needs or circumstances. There are several visas that will allow you to bring your parents to Australia permanently including:
- Contributory parent visa (Subclass 143)
- Contributory aged parent visa (Subclass 864)
- Parent visa (Subclass 103)
- Aged parent visa (Subclass 804)
BoF Test: Balance-of-family Test, please see Home Affairs webpage for further details.
* Subclass 103 Parent Visa (Permanent)
When you apply as a retiree
- You don't need to meet the balance of family test
- You don't need to have an assurance of support
- You don't need a sponsor
- For further information about retiree, please see Home Affairs.
** Subclass 870 Sponsored Parent Visa (Temporary)
Sponsored Parent Visa(subclass 870) allows parents of an approved sponsor to enter and stay in Australia for either 3 or 5 years. This visa is particularly attractive for those who would like their parents to stay in Australia and help care for grandchildren. Requirements for a qualified sponsor are listed below:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen who has been usually resident in Australia for at least 4 years
- Not owe any money to the Australian government
- Meet character requirements
- Have a taxable income of at least $83,454.80 in the most recent financial year (can be combined with your partner or another eligible child of the applicant)
- A travel exemption is currently required for Subclass 870 visa holders to travel to Australia.
- Please note holding this visa makes it very difficult for the applicant to obtain any of the Permanent Parent Visas. The applicant has to wait until the 870 visa expires, leave Australia, then apply other subclass.
- Cannot work in Australia.
Travel exemption
- Parents would also need to apply for a travel exemption if they are seeking to travel to Australia. The processing times for travel exemptions range from a few days to over a week.
- Recent reports are that visitor visa applications for parents of Australian citizens and permanent residents are being prioritised if a travel exemption has been approved.
Bringing your parents to Australia for a short visit
One of the quicker ways for parents of Australian citizens and permanent residents to travel to Australia is to apply for a visitor visa and a travel exemption to enter Australia.
There are three main subclasses of visitor visas, including Electroni Travel Authority (subclass 601), E-Visitor Visa (Subclass 651 European only) and Visitor Visa (Subclass 600).
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